Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972 Page: 88
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Cronin
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itself now that I think about it, but I was with part of
an infantry division that was being given a fourteen days
delay enroute to go to the west coast to go to Japan.
But I was coming in and being assigned to what they
called the Zone Interior, and I'd never had to leave,
but we hit the . . . on a loud speaker system of this
ship they told us we'd have to land at Boston instead of
New York because there was so many boats going into New
York. I thought this was a shame at the time, but anyway,
we came in close to land and an experience not unlike
seeing a first airplane took place. Uncle Sam--some
guy dressed up like Uncle Sam--came out, and there were
boats everywhere and girls singing on both sides of the
ship and fire boats, you know, and just . . . oh, man,
really welcoming us home, and they sang all the state
songs, you know, as the boat started to dock. When a
soldier leaves this country he's a number. I don't
care what rank he is, he is still a number and is going
out to do a job. And, by God, you get out there and do
what you're told and all that, but when you come back
and set foot on this ground and you've done it . . . the
experience that I had, and every man that I saw and talked
to had somewhat the same experience. It's another story.
It's.a welcoming program from the minute you hit until
you're out. For example, we walked off the ship and there
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Cronin, Eugene R. Oral History Interview with Eugene R. Cronin, February 1, 1972, book, February 1, 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529237/m1/90/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.